I didn't actually expect it to work, but I hoped. Obviously it didn't.

I don't actually get any errors, though I did at first because I hadn't installed xdm or whatever it's called. Now everything seems to work although kde don't start on it's own and I have no idea how to do it manually.

"startx" which I seem to remember from long time ago, don't work/exist, nor am I able to find xorg.conf.

This would suggest that something which should have been installed, haven't been, though I can't find any mention of it in the guide.

I'm at a stand still, so if you have any ideas what I may have done wrong, please enlighten me.

If you get a black and white stipple pattern, the xorg-server is running. Try alt-f2 and reboot, if no luck reset or power button.
If the reboot comes to the command line:

Code:

kdm

BTW if you have a livecd or usb equivalent of gentoo10 dvd, sysresccd, ubuntu, or knoppix of the same bitness as your install that boots to a gui with browser; both install and troubleshooting becomes easier as you can copy and paste between browser and terminal window. (now they tell me)

edit to remove my typo in X -retro command

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I'm quite sure I did exactly as instructed regarding the kernel configuration, though I'll of course try again when I get home. Could it be a matter of adding the module to some weird startup script or something? (my appologies for being such a noob)

Disclaimer: I don't have intel video adapter of any type. good to see you guys. I would believe that zach did exactly implement the menuconfig I provided above, if you folks could critique it before zach gets home that would be a good thing.

the xorg-server auto configuration script is what was asking for i810
providing i810 as a module should be, but may not be harmless??

running

Code:

X -configure

should theoretically provide a running xorg-server (or at least a xorg.conf file which mike and neddy can help fix)

Zach: after running X -configure and following the on screen direction, if your computer goes to a black screen and appears to hang, it indicates the xorg-server is running and that X -configure has created a working /etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
If it errors out:

Another menuconfig oops (mine)
[ ] VESA VGA graphics support # should not be used with intel kms per the guide

I've removed it and recompiled but things still work the same. I'm sorry, but I don't really see what else I can't do to help you guide me.

Still asking for the i810

Then again, it look like, during startup that it tries to start up something. screen flashes for a moment. and X -config /root/xorg.conf.new does result in blank screen and nothing more, as I was told to expect, but where to go from there, I do not know.

I'm curious to know if you're still using the X61 tablet, and if so, if you are building under the 64-bit profile. I have almost the same machine (slightly different model but same CPU of course), and have always built 32-bit. I'm wondering if I should try 64. How has the stability been? How about the need to make exceptions for 32-bit-only software?

I only have a partial understanding of such things, so I hope I'm asking the right questions